Philosophy for Beginners

By Oxford University

Philosophy has been studied for thousands of years. It involves the use of reason and argument to search for the truth about reality - about the nature of things, ethics, aesthetics, language, the min... more

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April 16, 2012 Further reading and more... (Slides)
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April 16, 2012 Reading List (Slides)
Reading list for the Philosophy for Beginners series of podcasts. Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales; http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/
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January 09, 2009 Philosophy of language and mind
Language and Mind: What is rationality? What is consciousness? How do we manage to express our thoughts and experiences in language?
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1h 28min
January 09, 2009 Metaphysics and Epistemology
Metaphysics and Epistemology: what exists, what is its nature and how can we acquire knowledge of it?
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1h 31min
January 09, 2009 Ethics and politics
Moral and Political Philosophy: how should we live? What constitutes a just state?
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1h 33min
January 09, 2009 The philosophical method - logic and argument
Logic and Argument: the joys of symbolic and philosophical logic.
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1h 35min
November 13, 2008 A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
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1h 33min

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